Apologies if there's a similar thread - please merge.

State of the game. It's not something I've typically engaged because much of it comes from the likes of KB who I can't stand, but I find myself not even really enjoying watching footy anymore.

It's just so dour. Scoring is obviously down but from an aesthetic point of view, I can't stand seeing 25-30 players camped in a forward line with blind kicks taken at goal or hack kicks out of D50. It feels like our game, at times, now has so little skill involved. It's more about having a 'surge' mentality to be more aggressive/intense in your actions than the opposition. It's basically rugby 2.0.

I remember watching footy on TV in the late 90s and early 00s and there seemed to routinely be some really attractive games to watch. More attacking but no less physical.

I don't know what they can do to fix it, but right now footy is a crap product. It's become too professional by nature, which has led to becoming far too defensive for the most part.

Thoughts?